No. 8 Squadron IAF

No. 8 Squadron
Active	1 December 1942 - Present
Country	Republic of India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Role	Fighter
Garrison/HQ	Bareilly AFS
Nickname(s)	"Eight Pursoots"
Motto	Surakshya Va Akraman Offense is Defence
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-30MKI

No. 8 Squadron (Eight Pursoots) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Su-30MKIs and based at Bareilly AFS.^[1]

History

No. 8 Squadron were formed in 1943 at Tiruchirapalli and were trained at Peshawar and Bhopal. On 2 December 1943, they were moved to Doublemooring in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) to work closely together with No. 82 Squadron RAF in the Burma Campaign. Equipped with Spitfires they had significant success against the Japanese Imperial Army.

Assignments

Aircraft

References

↑ "Squadrons and Helicopter Units". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
↑ http://trishul-trident.blogspot.in/2012/09/iafs-in-country-operational-combat.html

Squadrons of the Indian Air Force

Combat

No. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
35
37
47
51
52
101
102
106
108
220
222
223
224

Transport

AHQCS
No. 11
12
25
33
41
43
44
48
49
50
59
77
78
81

Helicopters

Squadrons	No. 104 125

Units	No. 105 107 109 110 111 112 114 115 116 117 118 119 127 128 129 130 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159

Flights	No. 121 122 126 131 132

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